Folk Song

Folk Song (the Bordertowns Project) is a new work created by the young people of the Berrigan Shire in collaboration with playwright Julian Lanarch, directed by Alyson Evans.

Over 2016, an ensemble of young artists learned skills in verbatim theatre (a form of documentary theatre where a play is made using the actual words of real people) while devising, composing, interviewing locals, and then curating that work into a performed production.

In 2017, these artists worked with director Alyson Evans to develop their performance skills and rehearse the production for the premiere season across the Berrigan Shire. The young artists performed eight performances in four town halls across the Shire: Tocumwal War Memorial Hall, Barooga Community Centre, Finley School of Arts and Berrigan Soldiers Memorial Hall.

Folk Song is a large-scale community wide celebration of a place and its people.